@Squirrel1633K@brakeboosted Not denying that, but Hamilton is also very strong there too. His stats don't tell the full story because he has had a history of bad luck there (4 DNFs - the most of any circuit). Remember he won 2024 there too - and let's not forget the infamous w11 quali lap around there ๐.
@noobbricks@brakeboosted@the_zb_ Brother, he's shown stronger race pace in almost every race this season the Russell ๐ญ๐ญ. If anyone looks like choking at the moment, it's Russell. I just can't see Antonelli, suddenly dropping stinkers like Piastri did from baku onwards last year.
@Trailbraking16@brakeboosted sf25 + new team tax, also his best lap was only 3 tenths slower than leclerc's. the insane field spread just punished that harder. besides, maximising slow cars is worthless if you can't do the same with race winning ones.
@brakeboosted An optimistic brakeboosted? Man we're heading in uncharted territory lol. Also, he has to contend with hamilton in silverstone and hungary during that stretch too.
@liv16_liv@the_zb_@mcusteveworthy don't confuse emotional outward expression with psychological fragility. Title-fight Lewis is almost immovable. See 2021, where in the final stages, verstappen was the one who was cracking - not hamilton. See 2017 or 2018 also. When hamilton sniffs a title, he becomes a force.
@the_zb_@F1_driven Yeah, but the saving grace is mercedes were perhaps not expecting to receive ADUO this season (unlike ferrari who were preparing for months). So even though they've been given the eligibility, they probably are just starting developing right now with a long (4-8 month) lead time.
@brakeboosted@SFsupporter@PolePositionist I'd rather sacrifice the short term (only 4 more problematic races to go until belgium), and protect the chassis development direction, than nerf our strong points (downforce). I get it's painful, but that's ferrari for you - building an excellent chassis in a PU dominated era ๐คฉ
@brakeboosted@maranellosun16 Too many times in the past, teams have tried to cut back on development mid-season, early, to try to prioritise next year - and all too many times it has failed. I say, that you just take the performance gain and catapult yourself back into the fight.
@FormulaRana I say that, because higher downforce naturally leads to worse raceability and following ability (e.g. the 2022 โ 2025 ground effect cars evolution).
@FormulaRana That's not necessarily true โ some tracks naturally lend itself to higher top speeds (e.g. baku, monza, mexico city, las vegas etc.), and with current ~1000hp engines, they have no problem surpassing 330kph. Either that or downforce (and thus induced drag) is too high.